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The Good, the Right, and the Decent: Ethical Dispositions, the Moral Viewpoint, and Just Pedagogy
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Don J. Kraemer – College Composition and Communication, 2017
Whereas composition studies tends to use ethics and morality interchangeably, these terms may work better when explicitly distinguished, rearticulated as a topic, and kept in heuristic conflict. The more the tension between them is exploited, the closer our approach to a pedagogy not so much ethical as just.
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Ethics, Moral Values
Craft Knowledge: Of Disciplinarity in Writing Studies
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Johnson, Robert R. – College Composition and Communication, 2010
This article argues that craft knowledge can provide a disciplinary rationale for writing studies. It draws from the ancient concepts of teche, phronesis, and the four causes of making and makes the case for a definition of disciplinary knowledge fitting for writing studies. The article concludes with a conceptual framework that can serve as a…
Descriptors: Handicrafts, Knowledge Level, Status, Creativity
Structured Heuristic Procedures: Their Limitations.
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Hashimoto, Irvin – College Composition and Communication, 1985
Discusses factors that interfere with students' effective use of heuristic procedures for invention in composition. (HTH)
Descriptors: Heuristics, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction
Economies of Expression: Some Hypotheses.
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Kaufer, David S.; Steinberg, Erwin R. – College Composition and Communication, 1988
Offers a heuristic for writers to appraise the relative value of information in texts as an aid to revising. Uses the example of noun strings versus prepositional phrases. (SR)
Descriptors: Heuristics, Higher Education, Revision (Written Composition), Teaching Methods